Using multiple-polarization L-band radar to monitor marsh burn recovery

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 37, Issue 1 II, 1999, Pages 635-639

  Ramsey III, Elijah W ^a   Nelson, Gene A ^a   Sapkota, Sijan K ^b   Laine, Stephen C ^b   Verdi, Jim ^a   Rrasznay, Stephen ^a  

^a NATIONAL WETLANDS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Johnson Controls World Services Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy orientation; Coastal marsh; Juncus roemerianus; Multipolarization; P3 orion; Regression; Regrowth; Synthetic aperture radar (SAR)

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; FEATURE EXTRACTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; VEGETATION;

CANOPY ORIENTATION; COASTAL MARSHES;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0032712187     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/36.739136     Document Type: Article

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